Get Ready for Pie Season!

School has begun, leaves have started to change, and the temperature is dropping into the 90’s. Fall is here! With fall comes a new baking season and time to start prepping for my favorite desserts. I am a sucker for cherries. As soon as I see them in the summer I start collecting and eating—no cherry is beneath my notice. I found cherries in Arizona, in Utah, in Wyoming, in Montana and in California. I even had my sister-in-law bring me Rainier cherries from Washington!

I ate them by the bagful. Soon however, I had to do something besides just eating the cherries, so I started to experiment. I made pies, I made turnovers, I made pop-tarts. Out of all the experimenting I made this delicious filling, which I will definitely make again. My husband, who doesn’t even like cherry pie, declared this filling his favorite—he liked it even better than his old favorite, his mom’s crumbly top apple pie. Again, this is a very versatile filling: use it in pies, in danishes, as an ice cream topping, or just eat it by the spoonful if you like. Enjoy!

It’s that time of year: the holidays are over, and it is time to rethink your life, right? January is traditionally the time when resolutions are made with the best of intentions. Alas, as early as January 17th there is a holiday known as “Ditch New Year’s Resolutions” Day. Most people have already given up on resolutions by mid-winter, so this year let’s try something a little different. Instead of making a huge, hard resolution, make small changes that you can keep going throughout the whole year. Want to start with something easy, maybe a healthy breakfast? I am here to help!

I recently taught an Elders Quorum lesson based on President Nelson’s April 2019 General Conference Priesthood Session talk entitled “We Can Do Better and Be Better.” President Nelson remarked that “when Jesus asks you and me to ‘repent,’ He is inviting us to change our mind, our knowledge, our spirit - even the way we breath. He is asking us to change the way we love, think, serve, spend our time, treat our [spouses], teach our children, and even care for our bodies.”